====== Use a router as a switch or Access Point ======

Turning your FreshTomato router into a switch or Access Point (AP) is fairly easy. In FreshTomato, the difference between using your router as a switch versus using it as a Access Point is only about making use of the router wireless interface(s) while using it as a switch. In other words, you first have to turn your router into a switch  and then it can be used as a Access Point by adding a Access Point in the Basic > Network setting page.

===== Switch mode =====

To turn your router into a switch follow these instructions: 

[[basic-network|Basic > Network]]

  * Disable WAN
  * Give your router an IP address in the same subnet as the gateway router and outside of the DHCP range (e.g. 192.168.1.2)
  * Disable DHCP (uncheck the checkbox)
  * Set the gateway and DNS addresses to the one of your gateway router i.e. 192.168.1.1

[[advanced-vlan|Advanced > VLAN]]

  * Add WAN port to LAN

Then link your routers with an Ethernet cable plugged into any one of the LAN ports on both routers to create a LAN to LAN connection. On the router you want to use as a switch, you can use the WAN port if it was reassigned to the LAN bridge.

Make sure every port is assigned to the same bridge (e.g. br0) in [[advanced-vlan|Advanced > VLAN]] on both routers.

===== Access Point mode =====

First turn your router into a switch following the instructions above, then to add an Access Point you only need to add them in [[basic-network|Basic > Network]] like you normally do when using your router normally. Additional AP can be added using virtual interfaces in [[advanced-wlanvifs|Advanced > Virtual Wireless]].

Make sure every ports and every wireless interfaces are assigned to the same bridge (e.g. br0) in [[advanced-vlan|Advanced > VLAN]].